auctioneer

English

Etymology

From auction +‎ -eer.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

auctioneer (plural auctioneers)

1. An individual who conducts an auction on behalf of a vendor, accepting bids to find the best price for the vendor.
   • 2002, Zadie Smith, The Autograph Man, Penguin Books (2003), page 102:

     The auctioneer, with his fruity, theatrical voice and his gavel, hits a block of wood in precisely the same spot, no matter the day.

   • 2005 June 2, Jeanne Sahadi, “'Do I hear 6 figures? Sold!' Auctioneering can be a lucrative job ... if you know what you're selling.”, in CNN Money‎:

     But there are many items that auctioneers sell every day in various garb: industrial equipment, autos and real estate, to name a few.

   • 2021 September 24, Lauren M. Johnson and Christina Zdanowicz, “A gravestone missing for almost 150 years was being used as a marble slab to make fudge”, in CNN‎:

     The auctioneer donated the monument to FOLHC and they got to work restoring his plot.

Derived terms

• auctioneeress

Translations

one who conducts an auction

Afrikaans: afslaer (af) Arabic: مُزَايِد m (muzāyid) Catalan: subhastador m Chinese: Mandarin: 拍賣商 / 拍卖商 (zh) (pāimàishāng) Danish: auktionarius c Dutch: veilingmeester (nl) m, vendumeester m, veilinghouder m, afslager (nl) m Finnish: huutokaupanpitäjä French: commissaire-priseur (fr) m Galician: poxador (gl) German: Auktionator (de) m, Versteigerer m Greek: εκπλειστηριαστής (el) m (ekpleistiriastís), δημοπράτης (el) m (dimoprátis) Italian: battitore (it) m, banditore (it) m Kazakh: аукционшы (auksionşy) Latin: praecō m Maori: kaimākete Norman: encanteux m Norwegian: Bokmål: auksjonarius m Nynorsk: auksjonarius m Polish: aukcjoner (pl) m Portuguese: leiloeiro (pt) m Romanian: licitator m, adjudecător (ro) m Russian: аукциони́ст (ru) m (aukcioníst), аукциони́стка f (aukcionístka) Spanish: pregonero (es) m or f, subastador (es) m, rematador (es) m Swahili: dalali (sw) Swedish: auktionsutropare (sv) c, auktionsförrättare (sv) c, auktionist c

Verb

auctioneer (third-person singular simple present auctioneers, present participle auctioneering, simple past and past participle auctioneered)

1. (transitive) To sell at an auction; to auction.
2. (intransitive) To act as an auctioneer.

Translations

to sell at an auction

Chinese: Mandarin: 拍賣 / 拍卖 (zh) (pāimài) Finnish: huutokaupata (fi) French: enchérir (fr) Galician: poxar (gl) German: versteigern (de), verauktionieren (de) Greek: πλειστηριάζω (el) (pleistiriázo), δημοπρατώ (el) (dimoprató) Polish: aukcjonować impf (dated) Portuguese: leiloar (pt) Romanian: licita (ro) Spanish: rematar (es), subastar (es)